Re: dxf converters (any info

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Marcus (giraffe.asd.sgi.com!sgi.sgi.com!uunet.uu.net!multigen!Marcus)
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 12:32:18 PST

        Reply to: RE>dxf converters (any info?)
>From: Wim Elhorst <wim++at++fss.fokker.nl>
>Message-Id: <199507181611.AA18605++at++beatrix.fss.fokker.nl>
>Subject: dxf converters (any info?)
>To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:11:52 +0200 (MET DST)
>
>Hi;
>
>we have a database (40Mb) in dxf format and want to prune
>it using modelgen. Modelgen does not easily digest this file,
>so the question is, are there any sgi-based tools available for
>segmenting dxf files into smaller dxf files; or tools for direct
>dxf to flight format translation ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>

What DXF constructs is ModelGen having trouble with? The DXF
option for the upcoming V14.2 release has an enhanced importer
and also an exporter. About the only geometry that's still
not imported are: SHAPE, TEXT, and curve fit/spline control
point vertices.

Regards,
Marcus Barnes, Member Technical Staff
MultiGen Inc., 550 S. Winchester Blvd. Suite 500, San Jose CA, 95128
PH: 1-408-556-2654 FX: 1-408-261-4102
EMAIL: multigen!marcus++at++uunet.UU.NET

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